Satmex (Satélites Mexicanos) was a company set up in Mexico in the mid-1990s through 2014 that operated space communication satellites that provide services to the Americas.

[6] On January 2 Eutelsat Communications announced closure of the transaction to acquire 100% of the share capital of Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (“Satmex”) having obtained all required government and regulatory approvals.

[citation needed] 2001 SATMEX is certified with ISO 9001:2000 in Engineering and Satellite Operations including the Traffic and Customer Support Departments.

Solidaridad 1 is lost due to a short circuit generated by the growth of tin filaments in the redundant processor.

[citation needed] 1997 Hughes is asked to build the Morelos 3 (today SATMEX_5) with coverage for the C and Ku bands throughout the Americas.

June 26: The Fixed Satellite Services section of Telecomm is registered under Mexican law and was constituted as the company Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (SATMEX).

After performing a public tenure[clarification needed], the alliance integrated by Principia and Loral Space & Communications acquires 75% of SATMEX.

1989 Telecomm (Mexico Telecommunications) is created, a decentralized body[clarification needed] becomes the Morelos Satellite System Operator.

November 27: Morelos II was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the shuttle Atlantis (OV-104), on NASA's crewed mission 61-B, in which the first Mexican astronaut participated.

The Communications Control Centers (CCC) monitor the signals sent through Satmex's satellites and verify that users are operating within the assigned parameters.